Pierce County Deputy killed in line of duty

Massive manhunt for gunman after Pierce County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed

Andrew Cummings
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09 January, 2018, 02:09

The Pierce County Sheriff's Department said Monday that authorities are looking for a mixed race or white man who is tall and thin, with curly dark hair in a ponytail.

The Pierce County Sheriff's Department posted early Monday on its Facebook page that the deputy was shot just after 11:30 p.m. while responding to a report of an intruder at a residence on 200th Street East in the area about 15 miles southeast of Tacoma.

A police officer was shot and killed in response to a report of home intrusion in an area about 23 kilometers away from Tacoma in Washington state on the US west coast, the state's Pierce County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) said Monday.

During the 911 call, dispatchers said they could hear screaming and the sounds of a scuffle.

McCartney was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma where he died. Gunfire broke out about three minutes into the chase leaving McCartney only hours to live, one suspect dead lying next to a handgun and one suspect on the run.

McCartney joined the force in 2014 and leaves behind a wife and three sons, police said.

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